Among the women, no takers yet for Eustacia Vye, Tess Durbeyfield, Holly Golightly, Maria Clara (Oh, please), Isabel Archer, Natasha from War and Peace, the Japanese princess who wrote The Pillow Book, and that conniving little Lolita.

Am not eligible for the challenge since I don’t live in the country (unless Jessica sends over the books?) ;), but just because it’s fun, my choices and not in order:

*Darcy–Well, he’s Darcy. I think people these days, including me, choose him because he’s actually a stand-in for either Colin Firth or Matthew Macfadyen, depending on which Darcy you prefer.

1. The men of LOTR–Aragorn, Eomer, and Faramir. Hello, people. What is wrong with you? Pippin and Gollum made the list and not these guys?? I’m limiting this to the humans coz the hobbits and dwarves are short, and height is always a deal-breaker with me. And the elves are too, well, fey, haha!

2. George Smiley from John Le Carre’s novels–Pwede ba characters from modern novels? He knows from trade craft so for sure, we’re not gonna be ambushed or followed, and he has the whole Circus behind him to do his dirty work. Besides, he may look meek and mild, but he’s a master interrogator, and he loves books. We can sit in a cafe and just chill.

3. The Count of Monte Cristo–He’s a count, ergo castles, loads of money. Not to mention, he’s good with a sword and is relentless.

4. Odysseus–He’s well-traveled, charming, can talk his way out of tight situations, obviously intelligent, and he’s faithful.

5. Rob Gordon–The guy in Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity. He’s a music geek and they’re usually less uptight than the sci-fi books geeks. We can go to some dive that plays blues.

6. Gordy Lachance–Stephen King’s The Body. Also, Chris Chambers from the same short story. Boys who are wiser beyond their years. Of course, they’re jailbait at their age in the book. But Gordy grows up to become a successful writer and Chris died before he could fulfill his potential. I’d like to think both boys would grow up to be sensitive, funny, straight men. :)

Nothing could beat having a double date (with me as the only bottom… yes you heard that right) with the dark-haired bookish and very Sturdy Frank Hardy and the blonde haired athletic Joe Hardy. We would go to Bohol and explore the Island, going bungee jumping and hiking (they can carry me). It won’t hurt to discover a one-eyed tarsier dying from a case of Genital herpes which will lead us to another adventure altogether.

Another fellow I would love to go boogie with is Desire of the Endless from Gaiman’s Sandman. He/She/It can be anything you want (what more can I say). For our date, we’d go to one of those popular bars – Emba (is it still alive?), Manor, etc. And have a night of wild hot fun with a few other people. >:)

the holidays are coming,pretentious people will again rule the universe, i need to date JD Salinger’s Holden Caulfield.i will then take him to enchanted kingdom and let him watch me as i ride the carousel. then we’d go for an ice cream and talk until sunrise.

Gary Lambert from “The Corrections.” Wonderful game (I do not know about easy)—unhappy married man and for a while in the book, his train was denied entry into the “tunnel” it was supposed to pass through unfairly — he is a handsome man. Anyways, I will take him to a Pinoy rinky-dink beer house and show him “Filipino hospitality” (a pre-lit crit class vomitus deep breath) “in the (blinking X-mas) light(s) of the surviving world order in these ‘globalized’ times.” *Hic* I am my college sophomore self (only in Japanese schoolgirl skirt) and boozy-woozy from the flight of the (equally cute) author’s ambition. (Spacetime CONTINUUM…)

P.S. Obviously, I really want to win a copy of the book. Hope this makes sense.